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BEE HIVE.

No. 324,538. Patented Aug. 18,1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

LORENZO S. COOK, OF BORDEN, NEW YORK.'

BEE-HIVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,538, dated August18, 18 85.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZO S. 000K, of Borden, in the county of Steubenand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bee-Hive, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide certain new and usefulimprovements in beehives, whereby the removing of the honeyframes isfacilitated, the bees can be controlled in relation to the part of thehive in which they are to deposit the honey, and which hive can beventilated easily.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofparts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1isalongitudinalsectional elevation of my improved beehive. Fig.2 is a cross sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view andsectional viewof the separable sectional honey-frames.

The box A is provided with a flat, peaked, hinged top, B, in one endpiece of which an aperture, 0, is formed, over which a piece, D, of wirenetting is secured on the inner surface. The front E of the box A isfixed;but the rear is provided with a door, F. The rear part, G, of thefloor is permanently secured on the bottom of the box, and the remainingpart,G, is hinged to the part G, and is adapted to swing downward, andprojects some distance from the front of the box. The part G is adaptedto be swung down more or less.

On the upper surface of theprojecting end of the hinged part G of thefloor two eyes or staples, H, are secured one behind the other, and ahook, J, is pivoted on the front of the box at or near the bottom, whichis adapted to be passed through either of the said eyes or staples H.

In that part of the box above the hinged part of the bottom a series offrames, K, are held transversely, and are suspended from cross-piecessecured to the top of the frames, and have their ends rested onshoulders L, formed on the inner surfaces of the sides of the box at thetop. Brads a or other projections, secured on the outer surfaces of theside pieces at the bottom, prevent the side pieces from coming incontact with the inner surfaces of the sides of the box, and thusprevent the bees from waxing the frames to the sides of the box. Brads bon the edges of the side pieces of the frames prevent the side edgesfrom corn ing in contact and being waxed together. A transversepartition, M, fitting in the box, is provided near its bottom with anaperture, N, covered by wire-netting N. A glass pane, O, is held in thesaid partition above the opening N, and a larger opening, P, is formedabove the pane O, and is covered by a piece of wirenetting, Q. Twohooks, R, are fastened on the top of the partition M, and can be passedthrough eyes S or staples on the top of the side pieces to hold thepartition in place. Between the partition M and the rear of the box aseries of frames, T, are held, which are divided into three sections bythe top and bottom pieces, (I g, and two pairs of intermediate strips,h, placed close together, so that when the side pieces, 76, are cutbetween the strips h the frames T will be divided into three smallsections ready for the market.

To facilitate subdividing the frames T, grooves or cuts 1' are made inthe side pieces, k, between the strips h, as shown in Fig. 3.

To permit the bees to get at the frames T, and between them, recesses sare formed in the side edges of the side pieces, k, one recess beingprovided in each edge for each section. As the strips h are not as wideas the side pieces, 70, thebees can pass between the strips 71. of twoadjacent frames from one section to the other.

The hive is adjusted in the following manner: \Vhen the hive is toreceive a swarm,the hinged part G of the floor is unhooked. The box istilted toward the rear and held in an inclined position by suitableblocks, stones, &c., placed below the front of the hive. If only a smallopening is to be left for the bees to enter, the front of the hive isswung 'downon the ground and the hook J passed into the inner staple oreye, H. If the bottom In winter the bees work in the frames K only, andare prevented from reaching the frames T by the partition M. The door Fcan then be opened, and the bees observed through the pane O. In thesummer the partition M is withdrawn and placed next to the door F, thuspermitting thebees to reach the frames T and fill them. The bees arethen smoked out of the frames T, the partition M is placed between theframes K and T, and the frames T are removed and replaced by emptyframes. The filled framesTare separated into sections by cutting throughthe side pieces, In, at the cuts 1'.

The apertures N, P, and O are sufficient to ventilate the hivethoroughly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bee-hive, the combination, with the 20 box A, of the partitionM, the hooks R, the eyes S, the pane O, and the frames K and T, arrangedon opposite sides of the partition, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. A honey-frame consisting of the side pieces, k, having cuts 1", thetop and bottom pieces, d g, and the intermediate pieces, h, arranged inpairs, substantially as herein shown and described.

LORENZO S. OOOK.

Witnesses:

D. M. DARRIN, JAMES DURKIN.

